Canada will have election: Dion

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Opposition leader Stephane Dion,
speaking after a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper,
said on Monday that there would be a general election.

Asked by reporters if there would be an election, Liberal
Party leader replied: "Oh, yes."

Harper, whose Conservative Party won a minority government
in January 2006, had asked to meet opposition leaders to see if
there was any common ground ahead of Parliament's autumn
session. He had suggested that if not, he would seek a fresh
mandate.

The leaders of the two other opposition parties, who met
Harper last week, said they were convinced he wanted an
election, and an adviser to the prime minister has pointed to
October 14 as a likely date.